As a child there's a horror in discovering the limitations of the ones you love. The time you find that your mother… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“When you become a father, it changes you." Snorri spoke towards the fire’s glow. "You see the world in new ways. Those… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“But now I thought of Father, and it felt good to know I could still feel fear.” — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Let the wilds temper you, and if you weather it, in time the prodigal will return, a viper to his father’s bosom.… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“The way to break the cycle is to kill every single one of the bastards that fucked you over. Every last one… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“He broke off his explanation, seeing in his daughter's eyes the exact moment that a child first understands there are limits on… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Father Gomst will pray for your soul,” I said. “And forgive me the sins I incur in detaching it from your body.” — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“The pain became my enemy. More than the Count Renar, more than my father's bartering with lives he should have held more… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“When they killed him, Mother wouldn't hold her peace, so they slit her throat. I was stupid then, being only nine, and… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Assassination is murder with a touch more precision. Brother Sim is precise.” — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“We all practice self-deception to a degree; no man can handle complete honesty without being cut at each turn. There's not enough room in… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“I've been known to be contrary. When something pushes me, I shove back. Even if the one doing the pushing is me. It would… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
There's a slope down toward evil, a gentle gradient that can be ignored at each step, unfelt. It's not until you look back, see… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“And that’s the riddle of existence for you. When to move and when to stay. Dwell too long and we become the prisoner of… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Fire isn’t patient. Fire does not negotiate. I should have known these things.” — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
No half measures. Some things can’t be cut in half. You can’t half-love someone. You can’t half-betray, or half-lie. — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“We wrap up our violent and mysterious world in a pretense of understanding. We paper over the voids of our comprehension with science and… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“A time of terror comes. A dark time. The graves continue to open and the Dead King prepares to sail.But the world holds worse… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
